Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT
The suggestion here seems to be that Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign cowed Iran into releasing prisoners. This isn’t true. Both Wang and White were released in in a prisoner exchange. Iran didn’t let them out for free. — PolitiTweet.org
Gabriel Noronha @GLNoronha
Reminder: the last administration got two hostages, Xiyue Wang & Michael White, out of Iran with zero ransom, zero… https://t.co/i1Os8a…